Sunday, November 04, 2012

An Ode to a Hurricane/For Sandra, a farewell ...

For Sandra, a farewell …

Was it Sandra that came?Or serena joy?Or calamity deployed?Was it you-- That came with a raging whisperOf calamity it seems As I lay wide wakeListening to the tempestuous talk...Of a tedious argumentAbout Nature About RuptureAbout CultureAbout Vultures roaming asunder In this world borne out of desire Was it Sandra?Uncontrollable she has become entireI had waited for youDays and nightsAs the world around us stood still with eerie calmness With neither sound and fury in sightYou have comeAnd I have roamed the four corners of the worldMantra of peace and passion I have offered Days NightsIn the darkness of the glaring sunlight, evenYou had spoken of a rage within youOf this world you had wanted to wash anewAgain …Words of peace I have offeredAgain … Words to pacify your rage I have uttered You came as I was closing my eyesI could see yoursThe depth of itBeautiful Two worlds collide Of raging windOf calming infernoWhat are you but a memory we once shareOf you A world outsideAnd I Of a world withinWe once stood in that desert In which darkness was our only lightAnd tempest our sound of silenceYou and I have become Two worldsDrowned in sorrowSeparated we are We have come together again And I could still see in your rageThose beautiful eyesOf our yesterdayOnly you and I KnowsFarewell, Sandra … Unto peace you shall return

TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS

About Azly Rahman

DR AZLY RAHMAN, born in Singapore and grew up in Johor Baru, holds a Columbia University (New York City) doctorate in International Education Development and Masters degrees in four areas: Education, International Affairs, Peace Studies and Communication. He has taught more than 40 courses in six different departments and has written more than 350 analyses on Malaysia. His teaching experience in Malaysia and the United States spans over a wide range of subjects, from elementary to graduate education. He has edited and authored six books; Multiethnic Malaysia: Past, Present, Future (2009), Thesis on Cyberjaya: Hegemony and Utopianism in a Southeast Asian State (2012), The Allah Controversy and Other Essays on Malaysian Hypermodernity (2013), Dark Spring: Ideological Roots of Malaysia's GE-13 (2013), a first Malay publication Kalimah Allah Milik Siapa?: Renungan dan Nukilan Tentang Malaysia di Era Pancaroba (2014), and Controlled Chaos: Essays on Mahathirism, Multimedia Super Corridor and Malaysia's 'New Politics' (forthcoming 2014). He currently resides in the United States where he teaches course in Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Political Science, and American Studies.